From the hijack, Chipleader Alexandre Andre Henri De Zutter open raised for 15,000. On the button, Michel Anthonioz three-bet to 40,000 and the action folded to De Zutter. De Zutter called to see a flop.
The dealer burned and put the flop out there, prompting a check from De Zutter. Anthonioz shoved all in for 40,000 and De Zutter called.
Before the cards were turned over, the two had to wait for hands on all other tables to finish. Eventually, they were allowed to show.
Michel Anthonioz:
Alexandre Andre Henri De Zutter:
Anthonioz was in the lead but De Zutter had some outs. The on the turn was one of the cards he could hit.
The on the river was a blank and Anthonioz made his exit from the tournament. The remaining 45 players are in the money!
Eric Sfez, start of day chip leader, has just been eliminated. A colleague told us he got it in with up against on a flop of . The two both failed to hit on the turn and river and Sfez made his exit in 37th place (MAD 24,000).
Leonardo Rodriguez Torre () and Nicolas Vayssieres () got their chips in the middle before the flop with the latter at risk for his last 143,000 in chips.
The flop came pairing Torre but Vayssieres had a gutshot. The on the turn didn't do it for him and he already got up from the table, but he sat down again as he spiked the on the river.